<BNew tools for managing complexity[/B]<BR><BR>Does your organization manage complexity by making things <Imore[/I] complicated? If so, you are not alone.<BR>According to The Boston Consulting Group’s fascinating Complexity Index, business complexity has increased sixfold during the past sixty years. And, all the while, organizational complicatednessthat is, the number of structures, processes, committees, decision-making forums, and systemshas increased by a whopping factor of thirty-five. In their attempt to respond to the increasingly complex performance requirements they face, company leaders have created an organizational labyrinth that makes it more and more difficult to improve productivity and to pursue innovation. It also disengages and demotivates the workforce.<BR><BR>Clearly it’s time for leaders to stop trying to manage complexity with their traditional tools and instead better leverage employees' intelligence. This book shows you how and explains the implications for designing and leading organizations.<BR>The way to manage complexity, the authors argue, is neither with the hard solutions of another era nor with the soft solutionssuch as team building and feel-good people initiatives”that often follow in their wake. Based on social sciences (notably economics, game theory, and organizational sociology) and The Boston Consulting Group’s work with more than five hundred companies in more than forty countries and in various industries, authors Yves Morieux and Peter Tollman recommend six simple rules to manage complexity without getting complicated.<BR><BR>Showing why the rules work and how to put them into practice, Morieux and Tollman give managers a much-needed tool to reinvigorate people in the face of seemingly endless complexity. Included are detailed examples from companies that have achieved a multiplicative effect on performance by using them.<BR><BR>It’s time to manage complexity better. Employ these six simple rules to foster autonomy and cooperation and to effectively handle business complexity. As a result, you will improve productivity, innovate more, reengage your workforce, and seize opportunities to create competitive advantage.<BR>

We regularly attempt to implement hard and soft management approaches and what's worse is that we often implement it on only half of the businessYves Morieux also has a TED talk in which he explains all of thisBut I found it hard to read it as I felt the language was mostly artificialJul 27, 2014 Ed van der Winden rated it it was amazing The principles that I know from agile software development have been discovered by the authors (it seems independently) within the scope of organisations as a wholeFor example"They can do so by framing rich objectives and then embedding feedback loops that retain the benefits of specialization while ensuring a synergistic interplay" - sorry, I understand what you mean but you don't have to phrase it like thisThe hard approach to management, characterised by Frederick Taylors scientific management philosophy and later ideas such as reengineering and business process design, is in many ways responsible for causing much complexityflag 4 likesLike see review I dont understand how the authors developed a rule based on a single example.Finally, i have to give it to some really bad editingThe first task managers should address is getting a true understanding of performance what people actually do and why they do itUsing them will benefit you, your team and organisationInstead, they should simplify, using an approach that fundamentally changes employee behaviorsFeb 18, 2016 Jonathan Phelps rated it really liked it Trying to figure out how to tweak your business to make things work well, this is a must readBecause the six simple (and common sense) rules will empower you to thrive in these (and the forthcoming years) of change and disru Facing the wicked problems managers have, the authors create a new approachMichael rated it liked it May 17, 2014 According to the Boston Consulting Groups Complexity index, business complexity has increased by a factor of six over the past 60 years

SUBSCRIBE Subscribe About Us Policy & Terms Subscribe Why Subscribe? Subscription Bundles Gift Subscriptions Home Delivery Irish Times Products & Services ePaper eBooks Crosswords Newspaper Archive Email Alerts & Newsletters Article Archive Executive Jobs Page Sales Photo Sales About Us Advertise Contact Us The Irish Times Trust Careers Our Partners Rewarding Times MyHome.ie Irish Racing Entertainment.ie Top 1000 MyAntiques.ie The Gloss Irish Times Training Terms & Conditions Privacy Policy Cookie Information Community Standards Copyright FAQs 2015 THE IRISH TIMES Both approaches, in fact, seek to control the individualI guess the last document I read on BCG was the "matrix" they created several years agoIf you think measurements, kips, or charts, clear goals, and accountability are all it takes to lead, read the bookflag Like see review I think publishers with an eye toward digital content need to spend a bit more time thinking about digital layout on the kindleMay 2013 The Ingenious Enterprise: Competing Amid Rising Complexity Ingenious enterprises bring a distinct, highly sophisticated approach to problem solving, one ideally suited to todays increasingly complex business environmentThis is more effective in the print than the Kindle versionIt will certainly make me rethink some of the things I was doing and it> More Related Content: Highlights from the book Commentary Previous Next About the Book About the Authors Yves Morieux is a BCG Fellow and the director of the BCG Institute for OrganizationFebruary 2014 Roselinde Torres: What It Takes to Be a Great Leader In this clear, candid talk, Roselinde Torres describes 25 years observing truly great leaders at work, and she shares the three simple but crucial questions would-be company chiefs need to ask to thrive in the futureMay 16, 2016 Cristian rated it really liked it Shelves: management I read this book in a weekSadly there is no way to apply pain points since digital books are generally not returned if they have some valuePlease disable the pop up blocker to load the windowflag 5 likesLike see review Great stuffThe solution proposed is for managers to get out of the office (where they can safely intellectualize about how to solve abstract problems), engage with employees, figure out what they actually do, and empower them to do their work in ways that require them to cooperate with one another for the good of the organizationThat the bulk of the story is about understanding and cooperation should not be newsYves TED talk and i was expecting the book to be no less interesting, however this was not the case 79c7fb41ad